BORJATHERM wins at the 13th NAN AWARDS 2019

Tejas Borja won the Best Construction Materials Prize for BORJATHERM at the NAN 2019 awards.

TPI and NAN Arquitectura y Construcción crecently organized the Architecture and Construction Awards for their thirteenth consecutive year, an industry awards ceremony which has become an annual flagship event for the sector.

A total of 150 professionals from the architecture and construction industries attended the thirteenth edition of the NAN Awards. The ceremony, held in the Esferic in Barcelona on 12 November, also allowed the finalists in all the categories to meet up with members of the jury, the awards’ sponsors and diverse actors from the sector.

At the ceremony, Tejas Borja received the first prize of the night in the category of Best Construction Materials in Insulation, waterproofing and paint for its high-efficiency insulation system for roofs,BORJATHERM, a prize sponsored and presented by BigMat. Our Sales Manager for Catalonia, Eduard Monés, accepted the prize on behalf of the company.

The NAN Awards once again recognised the work carried out by Tejas Borja in recent years in the area of product innovation and energy efficiency. Tejas Borja wishes to take this opportunity to congratulate all the winners and finalists for their efforts to offer the best materials to the building sector. We would also like to give special thanks to the event organizers, its prestigious jury and its sponsors.

A jury of the highest calibre

If anything distinguishes the NAN Architecture and Construction Awards it is their diverse and highly-qualified jury who decide the award recipients. In this edition the head of the jury was Lluís Comerón i Graupera, the President of the Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España, and its members included architects such as Rafael de La-Hoz, Jose María Tomás-Llavador and Patxi Mangado, in addition to other great professionals. From the construction sector, representatives of the largest building companies in Spain, such as Ferrovial, OHL, FCC and Dragados, also sat on the jury.

Quality in the building world, the backbone of the 13th NAN Awards

José Manuel Galdón Brugarolas, Managing Director of TPI, had the task of welcoming the attendees and recognising the 234 nominations which included construction materials and architectural projects. He said that all of them demonstrated <<the importance of investing in energy efficiency and innovation, the need to reform our existing buildings, the inevitability of integration of buildings into their surroundings, the latest developments in interior design and the importance of Spanish architecture overseas>>.

Read more: Event timeline and 2019 jury decisions.

Tejas Borja receives the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2019

Red Dot rewards the best designers and manufacturers of the year.

On 8th of July , the award ceremony for the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2019 took place in Essen, which recognizes every year the best products and designs in the world.

Tejas Borja, receives the RedDot Product Design 2019 Award for the Flat-5XL BorjaJET flat roof tile; a design and innovation recognition under criteria such as the level of innovation, functionality, formal quality, longevity and ergonomics.

Several members of the Tejas Borja team traveled to the German capital to collect the prestigious Red Dot Award during Designers Night, held at the RedDot Design Museum located in the Zollverein industrial estate, a world heritage site. The director of R + D + i, Alberto Puerta, together with, Miguel Usach from technical department and Andrés Ferrando, part of the export department, attended the important event.

The post-ceremony party provided the opportunity to celebrate and have contact with the rest of the winners. In addition, the guests had an exclusive advance of three special exhibitions, before their official opening on July 12, and were able to try some of the award-winning products and appreciate their excellent design quality.

Also, on Tuesday morning, Mr. Thomas Kufen, Mayor of Essen, organized a reception at the City Hall to congratulate our team and the rest of the winners for their innovative products.

The Flat-5XL BorjaJET roof tile (Nepal Orange) is exhibited at the Red Dot Museum of Essen, in the exhibition of the winners of Design in the discipline of “Materials and surfaces”. As well, it is present in the catalog of products awarded with the Red Dot 2019.

A very special celebration, which places the innovation and design of Tejas Borja among the most leading in the world. This great news gets to Tejas Borja in the year of celebrating its 120th anniversary.

Red Dot Award Product Design 2019: Flat-5XL BorjaJET

RedDot Tejas Borja

Flat-5XL BorjaJET receives distinction for high design quality in the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2019

The Red Dot Award: Product Design is the revered international seal of outstanding design quality. The prizes, created in 1955, are given annually at a ceremony in Essen, Germany. This is an award that rewards the international excellence of products and designs from different fields.

The innovating Flat-5XL BorjaJET roof tile has been recognized by the jury as one of the best products of the year, for its innovation and high quality. The international jury comprises experienced experts from different disciplines and has been convening for more than 60 years in order to select the year’s best designs.

Flat-5XL BorjaJET – THE REVOLUTION of the tile sector

Flat-5XL it’s a versatile ceramic roofing tile. A product suitable for fitting both on the roof and in ventilated facade systems giving a high performance in installation (5,4 tiles/sq.m.). Manufactured in plaster moulds and roller kiln, we obtain a very low water absorption product (less than 3%) with perfect flatness and very high flexural resistance.

BorjaJET is the range of unique and exclisuve finishings in clay roof tiles. BorjaJET makes possible the fusion of the richness of natural materials with the technical properties of ceramic tiles. We are inspired by the charm of nature to merge its essence with the most advanced inkjet technology, obtaining unique finishes in the market such as ceramic slate and stones, cement, wood, marble or oxide. A truly innovative product, unique in the world and recognised by architects and designers worldwide.

Design quality is the common factor for award-winning products

This wonderful news comes in the year in which the company celebrates its 120th anniversary, being proud that its products have been able to satisfy the strict criteria of the jury, which bear testimony to the design quality of the Flat-5XL BorjaJET roof tile.

Experience and expertise get straight to the point

The Red Dot Award is one of the largest design competitions in the world. In 2019, designers and manufacturers from 55 countries entered more than 5,500 products in the competition. During an adjudication process that spans several days, they try out the products, discuss them and ultimately reach a well-founded decision regarding the design quality of the entries.

True to the motto “In search of good design and innovation”, their assessment focuses on criteria such as the level of innovation, functionality, formal quality, longevity and ergonomics.

Further information: www.red-dot.org.

The design stands out in Cevisama 2019 | Tejas Borja

The Revolution of Tejas Borja in Cevisama 2019

One more year, the leading company in Spain in the manufacture of ceramic roof tiles and roofing systems has chosen CEVISAMA as one of its major international exhibition platforms. A successful edition, even better than 2018, thanks to the recognition and number of visits received.

After the recent investments made in its facilities in Lliria, the company has reinforced its leadership thanks to the continuous improvement in technology and design, which has resulted in the BorjaJET range of ceramic roof tiles with digital inkjet decoration, unique in the world and praised by architects and designers at an international level.

These exclusive finishes have been perfectly captured on the innovative Flat-5XL tile, a unique product consolidated as the largest flat roof tile in the market, to be used on both roof and ventilated facade systems.

In addition, due to the need of the sector to contribute to the energy efficiency and quality of pitched roofs, Tejas Borja has presented several complete roof installation systems, developed to improve the energy performance and durability of roofs.

Additional to the many novelties presented, TEJAS BORJA was Awarded “The Best Stand of CEVISAMA 2019”, evaluated by the Official College of Interior Designers of the Valencian Community (CDICV). The members of the jury highlighted the careful lighting of the space and the product creating elegant and welcoming environments.

Tejas Borja | Cevisama19

Tejas Borja | Cevisama19

This year CEVISAMA was specially addressed to prescription, focusing the offer to a visitor profile linked to the Contract channel (architects, interior designers, and project promoters). For this purpose, a new pavilion was carefully set, which connected by a tunnel led visitors to the latest trends in materials and products for projects. Along with the most important Firms in each sector, Tejas Borja presented its range of roof tiles with Inkjet technology in this unique space.

Tejas Borja | Cevisama19

Tejas Borja | Cevisama19

And all this has happened in the first month of 2019, just when the family company turns 120 years dedicated to one single purpose: The manufacture of ceramic roof tiles. We hope that it will be the beginning of a year for the memory in a reference Firm of ceramic covers, recognized worldwide.

Make a virtual visit at Tejas Borja booth in # Cevisama19.

2nd Edition Ceramic roof tiles Arquitecture Prize

Reales Atarazanas-I-tejas

The 1st Ceramic Architecture Prize has been granted for the first time in 2014, to the rehabilitation project of the “Atarazanas de Barcelona”, of the architects Roberto and Esteve Terradas. The jury valued the careful rehabilitation of the roof, in this building of cultural use and of great historic value.

In the rehabilitation of the “Royal Atarazanas (Drassanes) of the Port of Barcelona” the ancient look of the roof was achieved by the products of Tejas Borja (Curved Celler® Roof tiles Centenarias®) and special big sized ridges that were glazed in a green color, and were reproduced for the occasion following the same design, regarding both shape and color, as the original ones.

[See Project]

The 2nd edition of the Ceramic Architecture Prize, in the category of Roof Tiles, is convened to value the architectonic productions that use the roof tile as building material.

ii-tejas

If you are a professional, architect or builder, with spanish or foreign nationality, located in Spain or abroad and you have realized projects (new buildings  for public or private use, reforms, rehabilitations or urban public spaces) that have been completed between September 30st. 2013 and November 30st. 2015, using significantly ceramic roof tiles of Tejas Borja, in any of its sizes or geometries, and at least used on most of the roof or exterior paremeters, contact us.

FLAT 10 – Best exterior building product

FLAT 10 – El mejor producto de exterior del año

Flat 10 clay roof tile format by Tejas Borja was recently awarded the BEST EXTERIOR BUILDING PRODUCT by members of the Editorial Board of Architecture Ireland during the last edition of Architecture Expo Show 2014.

Riai_logo-1

Flat 10 clay roof tile, an EXTREM-KER® product: low porosity (<3%)high dimensional stabilitysuperior mechanical strength, water absorption (< 3%), maximum flatness, light weight (37 Kg./sq.m.), includes natural Slate laminated texture not only on the surface, but around the tile, in the sides and mouth.

Logo EXTREM-KER

Note the batten distance (useful length) is VARIABLE from 35 to 38 cm. Possibility of placement both staggered as continuous joint.

This site is registered on wpml.org as a development site. Switch to a production site key to remove this banner.